At least, that was the danger the Cal Poly Pomona men’s basketball team faced Saturday against middling Sonoma State, having beaten the No. 17 team in the nation a day earlier.

Instead, it was the Broncos’ opponent who didn’t show up.

Cal Poly cruised to its second straight win, the seventh in their last eight games, 66-59 over the Seawolves at Kellogg Gym. At 7-3 in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (8-7 overall), Cal Poly stayed one game behind Cal State San Bernardino.

Gordon was coming off a 24-point, 13-rebound effort in Friday’s 76-61 undoing of Humboldt State.

A week earlier, the Broncos knocked off Cal State San Bernardino but followed that up with a tough loss to UC San Diego.

“We didn’t want that to happen again,” Kamansky said.

Added Tsagarakis: “We didn’t want the win against Humboldt to go to waste with a loss against Sonoma.”

The Broncos never trailed after the first four minutes and led 31-17 at halftime. Tsagarakis scored Cal Poly’s final eight points of the first half, including two three-pointers. Sonoma State never got within seven points after intermission.

Gordon’s consecutive free-throw streak ended at 29 when he missed an attempt with just under three minutes remaining in the game. It was the 15th straight double-figure scoring night for the Montclair High graduate.